Inter - '•' issue: baseline shift when placed next to alphanumeric character

[madisonbullard]

When a series of • characters are placed next to some alphanumeric characters, the 5 • characters preceding the alphanumeric characters appear slightly higher than the other • characters.

Reproduction: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inter?preview.text=%20%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A2%E2%80%A24242&preview.text_type=custom

[kenmcd]

This is by design. The • and other characters are raised when between figures and uppercase. See Contextual Alternates here: https://rsms.me/inter/#features/calt And Case Alternates here: https://rsms.me/inter/#features/case

It does not show the bullet in the example for Contextual Alternates, but it is there in the fonts. Contextual Alternates are On by default, so that will affect whatever you enter. Since they are On by default they must be manually disabled by the user if not wanted.

Case Alternates are Off by default and must be enabled by the user manually.

[cebreus]

As @kenmcd write, Contextual Alternates are the core of the behaviour.

But the internal calculation of the Contextual Alternates is bad. Example for the credit card placeholder ••••••••••••4072.